> I get that, but still not sure Pet Sounds is as revolutionary as that.
It seems the Beatles sure thought it was revolutionary. They were scared of him. Didn't competition with Pet Sounds result in Revolver? And didn't subsequently that experience, plus rumors of Smile and the release of Good Vibrations, result in the pull-out-all-the-stops effort that created Sgt. Pepper's?
I understand you're underwhelmed by that album, but it seems the Beatles were driven to make what's often considered to be their best work because they were spooked by a single boy genius in LA.
It seems the Beatles sure thought it was revolutionary. They were scared of him. Didn't competition with Pet Sounds result in Revolver? And didn't subsequently that experience, plus rumors of Smile and the release of Good Vibrations, result in the pull-out-all-the-stops effort that created Sgt. Pepper's?
I understand you're underwhelmed by that album, but it seems the Beatles were driven to make what's often considered to be their best work because they were spooked by a single boy genius in LA.